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Statistical Methods

for Six Sigma

Statistical Methods

for Six Sigma

In R&D and Manufacturing

Anand M. Joglekar

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Joglekar, Anand M.

Statistical methods for six sigma / Anand M. Joglekar.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-471-20342-4 (Cloth)

1. Quality control—Statistical methods. 2. Process

control—Statistical methods. I. Title.

TS156.J64 2003

658.5 ' '62—dc21

2003003583

Printed in the United States of America.

10987654321

To the memory of my parents

and to Jaya, Nikhil, and Neha